growing

[ groh-ing ]

adjective

1. becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity:

   growing discontent among industrial workers.

2. having or showing life.

Other Words From

• growing·ly adverb
• un·growing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of growing¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English growende. See grow, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The hydroponic growing system at Hydroserre will provide him with the opportunity to refine his method.

From Science News

With linear TV viewership eroding and streaming viewership growing, TV networks need to shift ad dollars to their streaming properties for two main reasons.

From Digiday

This is how confusing and convoluted growing up AAPI can be.

From Time

If you’re not inclined to buy all organic fruits and vegetables, it’s smart to eliminate those that typically contain the highest pesticide residues from conventional growing methods.

From Washington Post

Further cementing Asia’s growing might, India is set to move up the rankings to become the No.

From Fortune

Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.

From The Daily Beast

Asian-Americans may vote for Democrats now, but they are a highly persuadable—and growing—part of the electorate.

From The Daily Beast

Asian-Americans are a group of persuadable swing voters, growing faster than any other group in America today.

From The Daily Beast

Latinos, the fastest growing minority group in America, are even more underrepresented in Congress.

From The Daily Beast

These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.

From The Daily Beast

She herself had worn them in her youth, and they were the proper bonnets for "growing girls."

From Project Gutenberg

She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.

From Project Gutenberg

She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.

From Project Gutenberg

Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• burgeoning
• developing
• expanding
• flourishing
• spreading
• thriving
• viable